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| Jail to Look at Staffing Levels |
| By craigdailypress.com |
| Published: 06/25/2009 |
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Jail to look at staffing levels STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Consultant John Milosovich said to improve a jail’s operating efficiency, perhaps the most important thing to change is an attitude often passed from shift to shift and year to year. The attitude of “that’s just how we do things.” Milosovich, a consultant with Voorhis Associates, of Lafayette, will soon bring that ready-for-change ethic to the Routt County Jail. The Routt County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to accept a bid from Voorhis Associates for a $10,000 audit of the staffing and procedures of the jail. By examining its operations and policies, Milosovich said he hopes to make the jail more efficient. He’ll see a familiar philosophy right away. When Milosovich enters the facility, he’ll be greeted by a sign in the Routt County Jail’s booking area warning against stodgy, entrenched behavior. “You hear the old adage all the time, ‘It’s the way we always did things,’ and we question those issues,” he said. “How they do it may be superior to anything we’ve seen, (but) it might be just the way they’ve always done it, and it’s passed on from shift to shift.” The audit is an effort to address the demands of the jail staff. “The detention center has been understaffed, off and on, for years, and people move on to new positions,” Routt County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Sue Gaskins said. “We never seem to be able to hire back the number of people that we need, and that’s what brings us to the level of being understaffed and puts people at risk for safety and security and everything else.” Gaskins said it creates an extra strain any time one of the deputies is out of the office for training or vacation.< a href="http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2009/jun/24/jail_look_staffing_levels/"target="_new">Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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